APNIC Open Address Policy Meeting Address Policy SIG October 26th, Brisbane

Proposal Definition A proposal for establishing minimum criteria for a first allocation of address space by APNIC

Background Allocations are hierarchical Open membership Topological address allocations critical to sustain Internet growth APNIC allocation policies required to support CIDR Open membership Membership and allocations are not coupled, but in practice, all members receive allocations No clear and well defined criteria for a first allocation currently exist Allocations are assumed to follow new membership

Motivation Effects Some figures Criteria needed Accelerates address consumption if organisation needs small amount of address space Does not promote hierarchy of CIDR if singly homed Some figures 13% of ‘membership’ packages sent do not return (Sep) Could be reduced if members had clear criteria Criteria needed Well defined set of policies is needed to ensure consistent service, clarity and transparency

Current Status - APNIC Pre-membership questionnaire September data 8/28/2018 Current Status - APNIC Pre-membership questionnaire Requires outline of future network deployment plans Aimed at discouraging small and singly homed requestors September data 35 requests for membership, 5 accepted without further queries, 22 supplied more information, 3 with requirements < /24, 5 were planning to use < /22 Iteration Between requestor and APNIC can be lengthy and very frustrating

Current Status - RIRs RIPE NCC ARIN Open membership policy No strictly defined criteria Try to discourage small, singly homed organisations ARIN Open membership not linked to resource allocations Registration Services Agreement for organisations requiring IP address space and not members Criteria - already used a /21 from your upstream and agree to renumber within 18 months

Discussion Allocation policy Necessary to promote routing hierarchy? If singly homed, go to upstream ISP? Supports CIDR and scalable routing structure Acceptable for ISPs? What about Government barriers to multihoming? Efficiency - how large? Economic downturn shows signs of abating Regional characteristics show many ISPs are small 73% of all APNIC members are in the ‘small’ category

Summary and Recommendation Proposal If already connected Multi-homed AND Used a /22 from upstream AND Have detailed plan for use of a /21 in a year If not yet connected Plan to be multi-homed within 3 months AND Have a detailed plan for use of /22 immediately (in 3 months) and /21 in one year Documentary evidence such as purchase receipts may be required

Implementation 3 months after consensus APNIC to update all supporting documentation Membership and request forms Web and ftp site Inform community Web and mailing lists Work with NIRs to implement proposal Achieves consistent policy across region Schedule to be determined by NIRs

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